Package of sticky fly-paper



Patented Aug. 30, I898.

W. THUM'.

PACKAGE 0F STICKY FLY PAPER.

(Application filed Max. 21 1898.;

(No Model.)

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llni'rgnn WILLIAM THUM, OF GRAND RAPIDS,1\/HOI'HGAN.

PACKAGE OF STICKY FLY-=PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,107, dated August30, 1898.

Application filed March 21, 1898.

T0 00% whom it 777/602,] concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM THUM, acitizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county ofKent and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements inPackages of Sticky Fly-Paper, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inpackages of sticky fly-paper; and the same consists in an improvementupon application filed by me July 19, 1897, Serial No. 645,106; and theinvention consists in'combining with the spool, having flaring ends, astrip or web suitably coated with the fly-catching material andgradually increasing in size from the point where it is attached to thespool to its free end, so that when the web is wound upon the spool itwill fill up the entire space between the ends and the edges of thepaper will come in contact with the inner or adjacent faces of theoutwardly-flaring spool.

The objects of this invention are, first, to provide a package which canbe conveniently made and which can be unwound very readily and at thesame time one which can be readily sealed when the paper is wound uponthe spool, and, second, to facilitate the unwinding of the web from thespool or holder. These objects I accomplish'by means of the mechanismillustrated in the accompanyingdrawin gs, in which Figure 1 shows thepackage complete-that is, the spool with the web wound thereon andsealed ready for shipment or storage. Fig. 2 shows the spool or holderwith the web unwound or substantially unwound therefrom. Fig. 3 shows alongitudinal sectional view through the center of Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents the spool, which may be constructed of wood or any othersuitable mate rial and may or may not be provided with a holeextendinglengthwise through the center of the spool.

13 shows the flaring inner surfaces of the spool.

C shows the Web.

D shows the free end or wider end'of the Serial No. 6 74,667. (Nomodel.)

web. The web is prepared for the reception of the sticky material andthe sticky material applied before the same is wound upon the spool. Theend which is attached to the spool has the same width as the length ofthe spoolbody between the flaring ends. The other end of the web, whichis shown by D, has a width corresponding to the length between theflaringeends of the spool at their outer edges. The web is increased insize as it extends outwardly, so that when wound upon the spool-body itwill exactly fill up the entire space between the flaring ends of thespool, as shown in' Figs. 1 and 3, the edges of the web coming incontact with the ends of the spool.

I have found by practical experience that a package of fly-paperconstructed as described will unwind more readily than one wound upon aspool having parallel adjacent faces at right angles to the spool-body,and inasmuch as these edges of the web are wound in contact with theflaring edges a superior sealing-surface is provided, and the paper sowound can be sealed so as to prevent the escape of the sticky materialfrom the prepared package. If desired, a small portion of the free endof the paper or web may be left without the sticky material, or a lineof sealing material having greater consistency, as H, may be used.

E shows a hole through the free end of the web, which may be used forthe purpose of suspending the web and spool.

When the package is prepared, as above described,with the web wound uponthe spool, the same is sealed at the point of contact between the edgesof the web and the flaring surfaces of the spool by two rings ofsuitable material, as at F, Fig. 3, or the same may be sealed by dippingthe entire package into some sealing compound.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to have invented, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a package of fly-catching material, the combination with a spoolhaving adjacent I flaring surfaces, a web narrowest at the ,point whereit is attached to the spool andwidest at the free end thereof, or thepart farthest from the spool, adapted to be wound upon the spool so asto entirely fill up the space between the adjacent faces of the ends ofthe spool, substantially as described. 7

2. In combination with a spool having adjacent surfaces flaring, a Webwidening from the point Where it is attached to the spool to its outerend and adapted to roll upon the spool so as to fill the entire spacebetween the 10 flaring ends of the spool, and provided, when rolled intoa package, With a suitable sealing material, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM TI-IUM.

Vitnesses:

EDWARD TAGGART, CHRISTOPHER HONDELINK.

